5223: 'Mary, Mary, Quiet and Scary'

Fearing her father will die without knowing how much she loved him, Elle spends a lonely night at the hospital. Vexed, Oliver spends a sleepless night at home worried for Elle. His concern eventually leads him to the hospital where he keeps a silent vigil over her. Initially reticent about his presence, Elle soon surrenders to Oliver’s warm support. Believing Paul’s neuroma may be the cause of his untoward behaviour in the past; Elle punishes herself for how she has treated her father and dearly hopes she will get the chance to make it up to him.

Annoyed by Harold’s obstinacy regarding Kerry’s placement in the prison, Janelle takes drastic action and steals Kerry in order to deliver her to Sky. At the prison Janelle meets ‘harmless’ Mary and is pleased that Sky has such a lovely mother figure to assist her. Remorseful about his behaviour, Harold later apologises to Janelle for being selfish. Talk turns to Sky’s cellmate and Janelle panics when she realises this is the same Mary who locked Pepper up. Janelle and Harold rush to the prison and Sky panics, realising she has left Kerry in Mary’s care. A riot begins and a prison lock down ensues, leaving Sky trapped outside in the prison garden while her precious baby is inside with a seemingly mad woman.

In his pursuit of youth, Karl buys a home gym and enlists Pepper as his personal trainer. Cynical Susan baulks at Karl’s latest attempt to stay young but privately tries out Karl’s equipment - only to put her back out!